Wednesday, June 10, 2015

BBC Radio Play "The Great Charter"

I was lucky enough to participate in a wonderful project
put together by the BBC. On the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta
(England’s King John and the country’s warring barons agreed on a peace
treaty that would resolve future disputes and curb the king's power. It
was called the Magna Carta – and is enshrined today as a democratic
principle).

BBC Radio asked Matthew Solon to write a play -
called the "The Great Charter" imagining "a scary future where
civilisation as we know it is collapsing because the networks have
failed. Only one man – an engineer - can bring the world back from the
abyss. But there is a heavy price to pay. The Great Charter explores a
range of contemporary issues such as information security and
cyber-terrorism."

To reflect on some of its themes "Click"
assembles a panel of experts including Matthew Solon who wrote the
play, the computer scientist, Professor Dame Wendy Hall and Mahima Kaul
who heads the Cyber and Media Initiative at the Observer Research
Foundation in India.

Link to the reflections on themes I participated in: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02sr2bbIt
was actually a very innovative and engaging idea and I really do urge
you to listen to the play, and the discussion afterwards!